In 2009, Gretchen Rubin wrote The Happiness Project , a book about scientific research, test-driving age-old wisdom, and lessons from pop culture—all in the name of achieving more happiness. Since then, The Happiness Project has become an ecosystem of products, tools, and community, and Rubin has written five more books on the topic—all of them bestsellers. Her latest, Life in Five Senses , explores the way our senses affect our wellbeing. Rubin shares how her findings over the past 14 years apply to work, where it’s estimated we spend a third of our lives.
Gretchen Rubin is the fifth guest for season 4 of Microsoft’s WorkLab podcast, in which hosts Elise Hu and Mary Melton have conversations with economists, technologists, and researchers who explore the data and insights into why and how work is changing.
Three big takeaways from the conversation:
WorkLab is a place for experts to share their insights and opinions. As students of the future of work, Microsoft values inputs from a diverse set of voices. That said, the opinions and findings of the experts we interview are their own and do not reflect Microsoft’s own research or opinions.
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Here’s a transcript of the Episode 5 conversation.
